Mike had been born deaf. He had adapted to life the way deaf people do, but Mandy wasn't deaf and he wasn't sure how he would win her heart...

They were two worlds apart from each other, so very much alike, yet so very different. Mike could only hear with his heart, Mandy, well, she could do anything. How many agonizing moments Mike lived wishing he could just tell Mandy everything, but somehow the passion was lost in signing it all the time. Plus, he wanted to hear her voice, He wanted to know not only what her sweet face looked like, but he wanted her voice to associate with it. At any rate, Mandy couldn’t possibly understand the deaf world, or could she? Mandy had this way of looking straight into him, as if his handicap didn’t exist at all, as if he were normal and nothing stood between him and her. Really, to Mandy, nothing did stand in their way, except Mike himself.